British scientists fell ill with dementia Alzheimer's

At the same time, radio "Maniac" retells this with reference to the magazine "However", on which there is no such note (and why would Alzheimer's magazine of political scientist Leontiev?), Rosbalt refers to "radio "M ... k"" – and the news rushed over the bumps...

But Google in the right hands is a terrible force. Click-click-click – and here it is, the original source, even with an illustration:

Riding the subway contributes to dementia British scientists have proved that the probability of developing senile dementia directly depends on the frequency of subway use.

In the course of the study, experts processed data on 5,000 Britons aged 60-70 years, who have been monitored since 1985. Doctors regularly conducted a full examination of the men and women participating in the experiment, and also asked them to tell everything about their lifestyle. During the follow-up, symptoms of Alzheimer's disease began to manifest in 4% of patients.

All the Britons who were monitored led a more or less healthy lifestyle. With rare exceptions, they did not abuse alcohol, 98% of the participants who smoked said goodbye to the bad habit, many tried to monitor the amount of fats in food and their quality. Scientists almost despaired of finding the cause of the disease, given the fact that there was no genetic predisposition to dementia in the patients either.

And then Robert Smith made an unexpected and seemingly insignificant observation: most of the patients regularly used the subway. Among the healthy, almost no one was a regular passenger of the subway. They preferred hiking or driving in cars (a small percentage also used a bicycle to get around).

On reflection, British scientists have come to the conclusion that riding the subway – especially during rush hours – slows down thought processes, increases hostility and aggression, leads to unnecessary stress, as a result of which brain cells die. "The metro has a disastrous effect on the nervous system: neurons hardly transmit signals, memory becomes clouded. The more often a person is in the subway, the more likely it is to earn dementia," Robert Smith summed up.

"If you can't avoid the subway in any way, read books there, meditate and smile. Or put up with the gloomy prospect of dementia," the British scientist added.

And now follow the hand of the author's signature – here it is:

:) – this, I repeat, is a signature, if anyone did not understand!

and the publication date is 01.04.2010!

And the media retell abbreviated versions of this not funny joke of yumor in all seriousness, naive readers scold the feeble-minded British scientists...

From them, indeed, a lot of things can be expected, but this is unlikely... But from feeble-minded journalists, you can also get something else under the guise of scientific news.

A Healthy Skeptic
Portal "Eternal youth" http://vechnayamolodost.ru14.04.2010